the dale made me do it
 

So I purchased a car today. Almost qualifies for the cheap wagon club. Its a 1995 e320 wagon. Gunmetal on grey.


My friend dale talked the guy down to 1200Attachment 84832

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Looks very clean!

Kids love wagons - but I don't think they need the caged partition. I'm just sayin'....

Beautiful car!

Sweet wagon!

The use of the cargo cage is dependent on the child:D

you don't know my 4 year old :)

I thought about mounting a DVD player on the hatch and closing off the rear completely :)

Very nice!
remember all the suggestions I gave you to get the tranny perfect, and post results here!

oh, and remember, if you close off the rear totally, he won't get any a/c... I'm just sayn!

that was dale's kid. I've got two girls. Man they are like their mother. I remember riding in the sd with the older one with no ac at one point and she wasn't happy. Thats something I'll need to work out.


the symptoms are:
As the drivetrain heats up, the tranny gets unhappy. shifts great cold but as it warms it flares. the assumption being that the gunk gets warm and moves around. So we are going to clean her up.

The tranny's fluid stinks. so we are going to drain it completely and run dextron 3 through it for a bit and the drain and refill with a new filter.

I'll let everybody know.


Oh yeah, owner said "HVAC doesn't work at all"

So we replaced the blower fuse and here it comes back to life.

how nice!! A/C and all!!

It is soooo refreshing when simple fixes take the place of MAJOR ordeals!

Run this thread as the new wagon's bookmark and progress blog.

WE WILL WANT PICTURES EVERY STEP OF THE WAY TOO!

sounds good. The big deal will be the tranny. After that the thing will be close to perfect. the locks work, the cruise works, the brakes don't squeak... I guess I could wax it

great find. it's shocking to me how cheap 124 cars are now. to think of what they cost new, how beautifully they are built and how they drive when they're sorted out (even a beat one drives better than 50% of the cars on the road), how safe they are, and how easy to work on. and people give them away. it's understandable, once they get past 15 or 20 years old they do need lots of major repairs, chassis parts start to go, that sort of thing. but to think you can buy that car looking like that for about a grand is a bit silly. but for people who are handy it's a bonus.

compressor is an unknown. i know the blower and flaps function properly. ill jump the low pressure switch and see if the comp engages. if the comp doesnt work...i know a guy:rolleyes:

oops read too fast, well at least the blower works
thank goodness we all have the guru's here to help

when you do the trannie service don't forget to drain the torque converter and blow out the trans cooler lines[going to the radiator].

Blow the converter out with compressed air while it's empty?